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dequity

noun

Etymology

Blend of debt + equity.

  1. derived from aequitās — “uniformity; impartiality; fairness”
  2. derived from equité
  3. inherited from equitee
  4. compounded as dequity — “debt + equity”

Definitions

  1. Securities characterized by attributes of both fixed-income and equity securities.

    • This book is the first to fully examine the many recent financial innovations that have blended the traits of debt and equity and created the hybrid security known as dequity.
    • For example quasi-debt (or dequity) instruments, such as redeemable preference shares, carry obligations and incentives to perform in order that the shares may be repurchased
    • They can be designed with debt-like features so as to satisfy the Internal Revenue Service that they are debt instruments, not equity (or "debtquity" as some refer to junk bonds).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA